3 tips for effective OKRs for your engineering team

Writing effective OKRs can set your engineering team up for success!

Intro

Objectives and key results (OKRs) are very important for connecting business and engineering. It provides a way to be transparent on which important objectives is the engineering organization going to work on and what key results are planned to be achieved.

However, writing effective OKRs can be a challenge, especially for new or less experienced engineering teams. In this post, we will discuss three tips for writing effective OKRs for your engineering team.

Align your OKRs with your company’s objectives

Aligning engineering OKRs with the overall goals of the company is the first step in the right direction. It ensures that the high-level goals of the company are supported by your team's OKRs.

Example: the company's wide objective is to raise revenue by 20% this year. OKRs should focus on enhancing product performance or provide a better experience with the addition of certain functionalities.

It’s also a lot simpler to emphasize the significance of your team's work and its impact on …